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17 Nov
No ransom was paid to bandits for the release of the 58 kidnapped victims who were abducted by terrorists in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State
28 Oct
The Nasarawa Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered a sum of N547,000, part of a ransom collected in a recent kidnapping. The Commissioner of Police, Nadada Umar, said the arrest was made possible due to the command's dogged fight against criminals ravaging the state. The command's Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ranham…
21 Oct
A bandit arrested by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Abdulrahman Adamu, has confessed that he used his share of ransom money from kidnapped victims to buy liquor and engage with women. Adamu is among eight suspects paraded on Monday by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu. Disu, since his resumption,…
3 Jun
The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled a 100-level student for allegedly demanding money from the parents of his missing colleague as ransom. The university, in its weekly bulletin, signed by the Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, said the student was identified as Olanrewaju Abdulkabir Abdulkadri. The expelled student, with matriculation number…
16 Apr
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has said the Federal Government has rescued over 1,000 victims of verified mass abduction across the country without paying ransom.
25 Mar
Federal Government did not pay ransom to secure the release of children abducted in Sokoto and Kaduna States earlier in March, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said on Monday in Abuja.
21 Mar
The police in Abuja have arrested a pregnant married woman who faked her kidnap and shared the N2 million ransom with her boyfriend. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, in a statement, said on 11, March 2024, one Chiedozie Ubah of Saburi II Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at Gwagwa division that his pregnant wife Rosemary…
8 Feb
The Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) have staged a peaceful protest over the alleged involvement of a serving Senator in the spate of kidnapping and ransom taking in the north central and north west parts of the country.
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The Federal Government said it remains committed to achieving the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. It called on state governments and the private sector to scale up interventions aimed at preventing HIV transmission among children. Minister of State for Health, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako made the call at the…